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Re:60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots... by vbezhenar on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:52PM (#32874348)
That's because you're reading western websites and west is in alliance with Ukraine (mildly saying). So you're basically reading a newspaper written by a party being in war. Of course it'll be overflowing with propaganda.

Try reading Chinese news on that topic, for example. They're neutral party on this one.

What terrifies me is that you people don't seem to notice it.

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Re:60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots... by AnimalMuppet on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:01PM (#32874386)
China isn't especially neutral. They want Russia to win. In fact, they want to change the world order in partnership with Russia, and they talk openly about doing so.

But they aren't going to hitch their future to Russia, especially when Russia shows itself to be both weak and incompetent. They aren't going to aid Russia in this war. But they're not neutral. Their news about the war is going to have a definite slant.

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